Research shows how affective–discursive practices are employed to create gateways to radicalization and ideologically motivated violence.
Far-right parties are currently gaining momentum & exerting parliamentary influence in diverse countries such as the UK, Hungary, the USA, Austria, Sweden, Germany, & Denmark.
Far-right terrorism has increased dramatically.
We ignore this at our
Research shows how affective–discursive practices are employed to create gateways to radicalization and ideologically motivated violence.
The collective Nazi mind comprised hatred of women, fear of sexuality, & a desire for homosocial belonging, as well as a lust for ritual violence.
For example, the Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen) recontextualizes the myth in propaganda texts and leaflets targeting new members.
This helps understand the appeal & growth of Populist Nationalism here in the UK & elsewhere.
#Palingenesis means “rebirth from the ashes” therefore urges a revolutionary overthrow of the social system that is regarded as the threat against “our nation & race.”
In a scrutiny of British fascism, Richardson characterizes fascist discourse as follows:
ALWAYS.
Can you see how this fits what's happening in the USA yet?
Seeing shades of the Brexit debate yet? New 'Global Britain'?
1. Your daughters, mothers & sisters are being raped & humiliated.
2. Your sons, fathers & brothers are being assaulted and mocked.
3. Drugs are being spread to our children.
5. What do members of a people do when their country is being colonized by a never-ending horde of race strangers?
6. Indigenous culture & healthy values are being openly intimidated, mocked and degraded.
8. Celebrities & corporate leaders cheer the perdition in order to maximize their profits.
9. What do we do when the media is completely controlled by people hostile elements?
11. All govt institutions are working on the side of the enemy of the people & are against us
13. Corrupt politicians are one of the actors in the game.
15. It is your passivity that makes this possible. Why don’t you do something about it?
16. It is you who is allowing this to happen. Why don’t you act?
19. You face a fundamental choice. A life in which you either deceive yourself and continue to live in comfort or an honest and straight-backed life of struggle!
The myth of #palingenesis (rebirth from the ashes) develops from the trope of chaos to the trope of the new dawn.
23. Dark times may lie ahead of us, but if the only way forward is through hell then, yes, we have to pave that way and fight everything than blocks our way.
The far-right value hyper-masculinity & deploy the trope of the brave, masculine fascist - the heroic few destined to save the nation.
28. This involves responsibility, sacrifice, risks, stigmatization & hard work - blood, sweat & tears: Proud & honest, unselfish & heroic, determining the destiny of our entire race.
Feeling pride implicitly involves a realization of the ideals that define the faults & errors that cause us to feel ashamed.
It compels the reader to partake in revolution by construing hope as being embodied in their future actions.
Contemporary recruitment propaganda appear to be interdiscursively linked with the affective–discursive practices of historical Nazism.
For example, hope as being integral to feminism, & fear & hate as being integral to nationalism & racism.
However...
Firstly, the affective script prompted by the far-right resonates with those affects offered by other political, social & religious movements eg by shaming recruits as a means of returning to both hope & pride.
What is meant by this?
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One of the authors of the Policy Exchange report on academic free speech thinks it is "ridiculous" to expect him to accurately portray an incident at Cardiff University in his study, both in the reporting and in a question put to a student sample.
Here is the incident Kaufmann incorporated into his study, as told by a Cardiff professor who was there. As you can see, the incident involved the university intervening to *uphold* free speech principles:
Here is the first mention of the Greer at Cardiff incident in Kaufmann's report. It refers to the "concrete case" of the "no-platforming of Germaine Greer". Any reasonable reader would assume that refers to an incident of no-platforming instead of its opposite.
Here is the next mention of Greer in the report. The text asks whether the University "should have overruled protestors" and "stepped in...and guaranteed Greer the right to speak". Again the strong implication is that this did not happen and Greer was "no platformed".
The authors could easily have added a footnote at this point explaining what actually happened in Cardiff. They did not.
This is ridiculous. Students were asked for their views on this example and several others. The study findings and conclusions were about student responses not the substance of each case. Could\u2019ve used hypotheticals. The responses not the cases were the basis of the conclusions.
— Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) February 17, 2021
Here is the incident Kaufmann incorporated into his study, as told by a Cardiff professor who was there. As you can see, the incident involved the university intervening to *uphold* free speech principles:
The UK govt\u2019s paper on free speech in Unis (with implications for Wales) is getting a lot of attention.
— Richard Wyn Jones (@RWynJones) February 16, 2021
Worth noting then that an important part of the evidence-base on which it rests relates to (demonstrably false) claims about my own institution
1/https://t.co/buoGE7ocG7
Here is the first mention of the Greer at Cardiff incident in Kaufmann's report. It refers to the "concrete case" of the "no-platforming of Germaine Greer". Any reasonable reader would assume that refers to an incident of no-platforming instead of its opposite.
Here is the next mention of Greer in the report. The text asks whether the University "should have overruled protestors" and "stepped in...and guaranteed Greer the right to speak". Again the strong implication is that this did not happen and Greer was "no platformed".
The authors could easily have added a footnote at this point explaining what actually happened in Cardiff. They did not.
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Please add your own.
2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you
3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.
“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”
“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”
4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What’s end-game here?”
“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”
5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
Please add your own.
2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you
1/\u201cWhat would need to be true for you to\u2026.X\u201d
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) December 4, 2018
Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?
A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody: https://t.co/Yo6jHbSit9
3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.
“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”
“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”
4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What’s end-game here?”
“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”
5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
The first area to focus on is diversity. This has become a dogma in the tech world, and despite the fact that tech is one of the most meritocratic industries in the world, there are constant efforts to promote diversity at the expense of fairness, merit and competency. Examples:
USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
